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My post on how to increase call out lengths in Camtasia helped Tina Williams solve her problem. This feedback on my post prompted me to write this post with yet another useful tip

When I was working on my tutorial videos using Camtasia, I noticed that after I produced the video in a shareable format such as avi, the video did not have a smooth transition from one slide to another. There was a slight jerk or a random zoom effect.

When I previewed the project before producing it in avi format, the transition was smooth. The problem occurred only after I produced the video in avi format. I struggled to fix this problem on my own. I could not solve this problem. Then, when I asked my colleauge, he said using transitions is the only way to achieve smooth visual affects in videos created using Camtasia. I used transitions and it did work very well.

So here are some quick steps to include transitions in your camtasia project:

1. Open your project in Camtasia Studio.

2. In the left hand side, in the Task List, click on Transitions.

3.  You should see the Transitions pane with the list of effects that you can use for slide transition.

4. You should also see the storyboard with all the slides as follows:

5. Click on an effect in the Transitions pane, drag and drop it in between the slides, particularly into the slot that has a blue arrow. Side Left is a good effect to use for slide transition. I have dragged and dropped it between the slides as shown below:

6. When you right click on the slot that has the transition, you should see options to set the speed of transition. 1 Second Transition is a good option to choose.

7. Save the changes.

Now when you produce your project in avi format or any other shareable format, the transition from one slide to another will be smooth.

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